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B209 Fitzpatrick is a computer lab used by [[EGR 53]], [[EGR 119]], [[ECE 141]], [[ME 131]], and occasionally [[ME 141]] and [[ME 160]].

== Specifications ==
* 49 networked Windows XP [[Lab:B209/Computers|computers]] with acpub.duke.edu credential logins split up into 24 lab benches
* 1 instructor station Windows XP - equipped with a SMART Sympodium
* Projection system with screen
* WolfVision document camera
* 25 National Instruments NI PCI 6014e or NI PCI 6221 cards (one at instructor station, one per lab bench)
* 20 Circuit Specialists [[PBB 272]] powered breadboards
* 20 Circuit Specialists [[MS8264]] digital multimeters

== Using the PCs to Run MATLAB Remotely ==
Here is the somewhat long-form of the log-in procedure:
# Pick a PC
# Log in using your OIT credentials, and make sure the login is set to acpub
# Start the most recent version of [[X-Win 32]] available - at least 2011 or 2012 on the PCs in B209 (i.e. NOT 6.x or 9.x)
#* If X-Win is asking you if you would like to scan for things, decline
#* If X-Win is asking you for a license option, choose "Floating Node" and use the license here: [[User:DukeEgr93/key|LINK]]
# Once X-Win has started, hover the mouse over the X-Win icon at the bottom right - it should say you are using ''Display 0''
#* If not, try the troubleshooting methods on the X-Win [[X-Win#Troubleshooting| Troubleshooting]] page
# Check Dr. G's [http://dukeegr93.com/UTILS/sites.html Ping Results] page to see which Teer machines are currently accepting connections.
# Start [[PuTTY]] - first check to see if there is a "PuTTY With Config" icon on the desktop - if so use that since there will be several configurations already loaded.  If not, start it  from the Start button, this will either be in a [[PuTTY]] folder or the X-Win 6.x folder.  Again - do '''not''' use the X-Win in the 6.x folder, just PuTTY
#* If a session already exists for a Teer machine, you can try loading it. Make sure whomever made the session set X11 correctly:
#** Go to the '''Connection''' category in the navigation list at left, open the '''SSH''' option, and click '''X11''' (for version 0.6) or '''Tunnels''' (for version 0.56, as there is no '''X11''').  Make sure the '''Enable X11 forwarding''' box is checked.  If it is, great; if not, re-save it by:
#*** In the category in the navigation list at left, go to the very top and select '''Session'''
#*** Click save
#* If no sessions exist, see the the information on [[PuTTY#First_Time|First-Time Use]] for PuTTY.
# Once you have logged in, see if the Teer machine has reported any errors locking the .Xauthority file.  If there ''is'' a message about an error locking the .Xauthority file, go to the PuTTY page regarding [[PuTTY#Xauthority_file_locking| Xauthority_file_locking]]
# Type <code>xterm &</code> to see if an x-terminal comes up.  
#* If you have done everything correctly above and the terminal will not open, find a TA or the instructor.  
#* If a window is asking you to allow connections, allow them.
#* If the xterm window comes up, you can now close it - but do {\it not} close the PuTTY window.
# Type <code>lpq</code> to check the line printer queue - if there are no entries, you are set.  If there is a list of files, the particular Teer machine to which you have connected is detached from the [[ePrint]] queue.  If you are planning to print anything out, you will want to log into a different Teer machine.

== Problems Logging In ==
*If xterm will not work and if the error is something about "error in locking authority file"
*:Go to the PuTTY page regarding [[PuTTY#Xauthority_file_locking| Xauthority_file_locking]]
*If x-win needs a license, 
*:pick "floating node," and use [[User:DukeEgr93/key|this license]]
*If your password doesn't work or matlab "doesn't exist," 
*:try logging in to a Teer machine
*If PuTTY claims that you cannot connect to localhost or some other graphical problem:
*#Make sure the Teer machine did not complain about an error in locking authority file - if it did, see solution above.
*#Make sure X-Win 32 is running.
*#Hover over the X-Win icon to make sure it is Display 0 - if not, see the [[X-Win 32]] page for troubleshooting.
*#Exit PuTTY, restart it, load the session you tried to open, go to X11 or Tunneling in the Category, and make sure X11 was checked
*#If none of that works, find a TA or the instructor.

== Software ==
Partial list:
=== Specifically for EGR 53 ===
* Acrobat reader
* [[ePrint]]
* [[MATLAB]] with toolboxes (esp. Simulink, data acquisition, controls)
** Be sure shortcut has "Start In" of C:\Documents and Settings\mrglocal\My Documents\MATLAB
* Microsoft Office
* National Instruments Measurements and drivers
* National Instruments LabVIEW (as of Fall 2010)
* [[PuTTY]] (including configuration file to log in to Teer machines with X11 forwarding)
* [[SSH]] (including file transfer)
* [[X-Win 32]]

=== Other courses ===
* Logisim
* [[SolidWorks]] (ME 131 / 141 / 160)

=== Instructor Station ===
The instructor station includes several extra pieces of software.  This includes:
* Software for document camera
* Novell client
* SMART Sympodium drivers
* SMART Notebook

== Questions ==
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== External Links ==

== References ==
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